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==== Departments ==== | ==== Departments ==== | ||
Today France is divided into 96 departments plus 5 overseas departments. This number has changed over the years, in 1790 there were 83 and at the height of Napoleon's reign there were as many as 130. Records are kept on the town level, but one needs to know in which department the town is located. | Today France is divided into 96 departments plus 5 overseas departments. This number has changed over the years, in 1790 there were 83 and at the height of Napoleon's reign there were as many as 130. Records are kept on the town level, but one needs to know in which department the town is located. Many of the Departments have put their records online. See [[France Online Genealogy Records]]. | ||
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==== Historic Provinces (and their capitals) ==== | ==== Historic Provinces (and their capitals) ==== | ||